Mirror names highest-earning Leeds United player as £70,000-a-week wages revealed
Patrick Bamford has been named as the highest-earning player at Leeds United, according to the Mirror.
The Mirror revealed via their print edition (page 59, 4 April) that the striker picks up a wage packet of £70,000 per week.
The striker moved to Elland Road in the summer of 2018 from Middlesbrough, having left Chelsea the year before after a string of loan spells at clubs including Burnley, Norwich City, Crystal Palace and Derby County.
His most recent terms – penned in the summer of 2021 – run through to the end of the 2025/26 season.
Should Leeds earn promotion back to the Premier League, they may have to shell out more on wages if they are to sign players such as old boy Kalvin Phillips, who reportedly earns more than double that sum at £150,000 per week.
Patrick Bamford has proved a valuable asset for Leeds United
Bamford has certainly been worth the reported £7million Leeds paid Middlesbrough for his services six years ago.
The 30-year-old has gone on to make 183 appearances for the Whites across all competitions, netting 59 goals and laying on 23 assists in the process.
His most prolific campaigns came under Marcelo Bielsa, netting 16 Championship goals in 2019/20 before bettering that tally in seven fewer league games the following season in the Premier League, with 17.
The 2021/22 season was an injury-hit write-off and Bamford has struggled to recapture his best form since, but his hard-working presence up front is as valuable to the team as his goals and Leeds are often a better collective unit with the striker in the side – even when he fails to sparkle as an individual.
Bamford’s contributions will be vital as Leeds look to secure automatic promotion once again this season.
In other Leeds United news, a contract update on a young star has emerged from Elland Road amid talk of interest in his services.
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